Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld